Twenty Five years ago, I attended my first official art class. The teacher, Beth, was a friend who ended up changing my life. The addition of painting to my life has opened up a vast world that all artists appreciate. Art changed the way I 'see'. My undergraduate education was in Physics and Mathematics. I became a computer programmer after college, working full time, then part time until the birth of my third child. For the next 8 years, I stayed at home, immersed in raising my young children. Toward the end of that...more